Ad-ven-ture noun

an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity

Out of the 50 top grossing films of all time roughly 46 of them would be considered action adventure movies. Haven’t we all longed to join up with Frodo to journey into the darkest realms of Middle Earth? Who hasn’t imagined what it would be like to spend the afternoon with Indiana Jones deep inside an Egyptian tomb or swing through the streets of New York with Peter Parker? Personally I would love to accompany Luke and Han Solo as they rescue the Princess. That is as long as I get my own light saber!

Everyone one of us longs for true adventure. We get bored with the everyday and grow listless by being strapped to our desks. This boredom can turn to criticism and selfish behavior. The truth is that we long for adventure because we were created for adventure. We were created to live an unusual and exciting life with our Creator.

Matthew 28: 18-20
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

The last words that Jesus spoke on this earth tell us that we are to take the glory of the gospel into the world around us.

We have been invited on an incredible journey. Gary Haugen, of International Justice Mission, reminds us that “Jesus is waiting for us. He is strapping on his boots. He is gathering his gear and He is headed out into the wild.”

I don’t want to miss this adventure and I don’t want you to miss it either.

This Sunday I’ll be preaching on the adventure of community. The greatest thing about our adventure is that were aren’t going at it alone. We’re a team and its high time that the church understands that fact. The adventure’s on. Let head out. Together.